Introduction
Congenital bony fusion of the maxilla and mandible, especially as an isolated occurrence, is a rare condition while acquired
fusion being even rarer.
Case report
A rare case of a 32 year old female patient with acquired unilateral bony fusion between the zygomatic arch of maxilla and
ramus of mandible is reported.
Discussion
Forty one cases of syngnathia has been reported in the
... [Show full abstract] international literature from 1936 to 2009, of which 39 cases are
congenital and two were acquired, case 1 probably as a result of a fibrotic tubed pedicle and in case 2 from myositis ossificans.
According to several case series, bony ankylosis of the mandible and maxilla has also been found to occur in 30%-43% of cases
of NOMA.
